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package org.apache.iceberg;

/**
 * A scan task that can be split into smaller scan tasks.
 *
 * @param <ThisT> the child Java API class
 */
public interface SplittableScanTask<ThisT> extends ScanTask {
  /**
   * Attempts to split this scan task into several smaller scan tasks, each close to {@code
   * splitSize} size.
   *
   * <p>Note the target split size is just guidance and the actual split size may be either smaller
   * or larger. File formats like Parquet may leverage the row group offset information while
   * splitting tasks.
   *
   * @param targetSplitSize the target size of each new scan task in bytes
   * @return an Iterable of smaller tasks
   */
  Iterable<ThisT> split(long targetSplitSize);
}
